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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rilke suggest we do to the possible dangers at hand in life?

2. In what poems does Rilke refer to the rose as a "body of nothing but radiance"?

3. Which poem of Rilke's does Mood refer to in the lines, "And this: that one opens like a lid, / and lying under there nothing but eyelids"?

4. Rilke writes in "Blood-Remembering" that one must feel what?

5. In "Blood-Remembering," Rilke writes "One must be able to think back to roads in ________."

Short Essay Questions

1. Of what does Rilke say regarding insecurity in human relationships in "The Dragon-Princess"?

2. What word does Mood focus on regarding Rilke's writing of "The Dragon-Princess"?

3. What metaphor does Rilke use in describing solitude in "The Dragon-Princess"?

4. What does Mood posit that the word "Desire" implies in "The Difficulty of Dying"?

5. What does Rilke say of "forgetting" in "Blood-Remembering"?

6. In "Blood-Remembering," what is the author's discussion of writing from "feelings"?

7. What does Mood examine about Rilke's vision of the empty space within the rose?

8. What does Mood preface "Blood-Remembering" with, in discussing the poet?

9. What is the poem discussed in "The Difficulty of Dying"?

10. In "Blood-Remembering," what does Rilke write about the young as writers?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss "The Poet Speaks of Praising" and "The Poet Praises" in terms of subject, theme, symbolism, imagery, and structure.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the poems, "Greek Love-Talk" and "The Lovers," describing an analysis of their structure, the placement of punctuation and capitalization, and assonance or alliteration.

Essay Topic 3

What is the subject and theme of "Mausoleum"? What mythological allusion does the poet use in this poem? What structural components stand out in this poem?

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